Develop, maintain, and update comprehensive business continuity and disaster recovery plans across all business units, ensuring alignment with industry standards and best practices.
Conduct risk assessments and business impact analyses to identify threats and vulnerabilities and collaborate with stakeholders to develop and implement mitigation strategies.
Stay current on emerging risks, industry trends, and regulatory requirements, ensuring business continuity initiatives remain compliant and effective.
Plan, coordinate, and lead regular training, testing, and disaster recovery exercises, including obtaining stakeholder approval and managing cross-functional teams to ensure organizational readiness and continuous improvement.
Serve as the primary incident coordinator, managing response efforts, communications, and reporting during disruptions.
Monitor, analyze, and report on the effectiveness of continuity plans, recommending and implementing improvements as needed.
Manage relationships with external partners and vendors to support continuity objectives.
Act as a Subject Matter Expert for IT Disaster Recovery, coordinating activities with IT and business partners, and providing technical consulting for complex solutions.
Advise business units on contracts, statements of work, and continuity plans for outsourced services to ensure compliance and alignment.
Administer Risk and Resiliency (R&R) tools/systems, policy and standards, user training, documentation, and data validation.
Support internal BCM governance and operational resilience reviews, website content management, and responses to RFPs and third-party requests.
Oversee and optimize resource allocation for business continuity initiatives.
Coordinate cross-functional teams during crises to ensure a unified and effective response.
Develop succession and continuity plans for key roles and leadership positions.

Requirements

Completed Bachelor’s Degree or 4 years relevant experience
Prior experience as a BC manager or in a similar role with 7-10 years of experience in BC/DR planning and execution (formal BCM program at a medium to large company)
5+ years of hands-on disaster recovery experience, including creating runbooks and DR plans, executing end-to-end DR exercises, and working with client/server technology, network configurations, data replication, and modern data center environments—including cloud-based recovery solutions.
Proficient in interpreting and creating architectural diagrams to identify gaps.
5+ years of experience as a People Manager.
Knowledge and experience with Business Continuity Management and Information Technology standards and best practices, including governance frameworks (ISO 31000, 27001, 22301, NIST, ITIL, etc.)
Working knowledge and experience with GRC, ITSM tool, BC/DR Planning and Emergency Notification Systems.
Certifications: MBCI/CBCP Certification (Required), CDRE (Certified Disaster Recovery Engineer) Certification (preferred), ITIL Certification (preferred)
Must be available to work evenings/weekends, extended hours, and/or on short notice as needed for incident response should an unforeseen event occur.
Ability to travel 25%.

Benefits

Health, wellness, and financial benefits to offer peace of mind to you and your family.
Continuous professional growth and leadership opportunities.
World-class facilities and the technology you need to thrive – in our offices or yours.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

business continuity planningdisaster recovery planningrisk assessmentbusiness impact analysisdata replicationcloud-based recovery solutionsarchitectural diagram interpretationrunbook creationend-to-end DR exercisescross-functional team coordination

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationstakeholder managementorganizational readinessincident coordinationcontinuous improvementrelationship managementtraining and developmentproblem-solvingadaptability

Certifications

MBCICBCPCDREITIL